WHO IS THIS MAN CALLED JESUS? JOHN TEEM JR./CASCADES CHAPEL SVC. SUNDAY DEC. 13, 2009

INTRODUCTION:DO WE TRULY KNOW THIS MAN WHO GOES BY THE NAME JESUS CHRIST?WE SEE HIM AS UP THERE WITH GOD, WHICH HE IS AND WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE, LET US NOT DOUBT THAT FOR A MOMENT.BUT DO WE KNOW THE MAN?THIS MAN WHO WALKED THIS EARTH AS YOU AND I AND WAS SOMEONES SERVANT WHO SUFFERED AS YOU AND I DO BUT SO MUCH WORSE THAN WE COULD EVER BEAR TO SUFFER?THIS MAN WHO SACRIFICED EVERYTHING TO SERVE A GREATER PURPOSE?A MAN WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR EVEN THOSE WHO HE KNEW WOULD STILL REJECT HIM?DO WE TRULY KNOW THIS MAN WHO WAS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO ALL THE WORLDS PROBLEMS?I BET WE DON’T, SO LET US EXAMINE A LITTLE CLOSER THIS MAN CALLED JESUS

I – A MAN SENT TO SERVEIT IS RECORDED IN MATTHEW 20:28 THAT JESUS SAID “THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE, AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR MANY.” A – HE IS THE SERVANT OF GOD 1 – GOD’S SERVANTS ARE CALLED TO WORKJOHN 9:4 JESUS SAID “I MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM WHO SENT ME WHILE IT IS DAY, FOR THE NIGHT COMETH WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK 2 – GOD’S SERVANTS WILL SUFFERIN MATTHEW, MARK AND LUKE WE FIND THE SAME QUOTE FROM JESUS TO HIS DISCIPLES: “The Son of Man must suffer many things. He will be rejected by the elders, chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.” WE ARE CALLED TO SUFFER ALSO IF WE ARE TO SERVE GOD. HEAR WHAT JESUS TOLD ANNANIAS ABOUT SAUL WHOM WE KNOW AS PAUL THE APOSTLE “FOR I WILL SHOW HIM HOW MANY THINGS HE MUST SUFFER FOR MY NAME’S SAKE.” 3 – GOD’S SERVANTS WILL BE REWARDEDCONSIDER THIS PROMISE TO GOD’S FAITHFUL SERVANTS FOUND IN A PARABLE SPOKEN BY CHRIST ‘Well done , good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ B – HE SERVED THE NEEDS OF MAN 1 – THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF MANHOW MANY PEOPLE DID JESUS HEAL? THE BLIND, LAME, DEAF, DUMB, THOSE WITH DISEASE AND THOSE WHO WERE DEMON POSSESSED AND THE LIST GOES ON2 - THE PHYSICAL NEEDS OF MANHE FED THE MULTITUDES AT LEAST TWICEHE TOLD PETER TO GO FISHING IN ORDER TO PAY TAXES 3 – THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF MANHE CAME TEACHING AND PREACHING AND LEADING BY EXAMPLEHE FORGAVE MANY OF THEIR SINSHOW MANY TIMES DID JESUS SAY, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN YOU?

II – A MAN SENT TO SACRIFICE IN HEBREWS 9 WE FIND IT RECORDED THAT JESUS ONCE AND FOR ALL APPEARED UPON THIS EARTH TO PUT AWAY SIN BY THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF. HE WAS OFFERED UP AS A BLOOD SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS, BUT HE SACRIFICED MUCH MORE THAN THAT, AS IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH. A – HE SACRIFICED HIS HEAVENLY HOME B – HE SACRIFICED THE BASIC NEEDS OF LIFE ON EARTH 1 – FOOD/DRINKa - HE FASTED FOR 40 DAYS IN THE WILDERNESSb - DID HE EAT WHEN HE FED THE